Health & Saf. Code, § 50736 · Article 1. Definitions and General Provisions

Health & Saf. Code, § 50736

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(a) Not less than 30 percent of the units in each rental housing development consisting of 10 or more units which receives any funds pursuant to this chapter shall be available on a priority basis to or occupied by eligible households pursuant to the agreement required by Section 50739, and not less than 20 percent of all the units in each rental housing development shall be available on a priority basis to, or occupied by, very low income households.

(b) Every sponsor shall, with respect to assisted units, conduct an affirmative marketing program, on a continuous basis, which program has been approved by the department or by the agency in cases where the agency provides financing. For the purposes of this subdivision, “affirmative marketing program” means any program approved by the department that is designed to achieve greater access to housing opportunities created by this chapter for eligible households. Such program shall include educational, promotional, and other appropriate activity designed to secure greater housing opportunities for those households. Where a significant number of persons in a community have limited fluency in the English language, publications implementing an affirmative marketing program in that community shall be provided in the native language of those persons.

(c) Of all assisted units, under this chapter, not less than two-thirds shall be allocated to very low income households and the balance for lower income households.

(d) Elderly or handicapped households shall be allocated not less than 20 percent, nor more than 30 percent, of the assisted units provided pursuant to this chapter. Other handicapped households shall be eligible for assisted units pursuant to this subdivision or subdivision (a), (b), (c), or (e) if they otherwise meet the requirements imposed by those provisions.

(e) Not less than 20 percent of the funds loaned pursuant to this chapter after November 1988 shall be allocated to rural areas.

For the purposes of this section “rural area” shall have the same meaning as defined in Section 50199.21.

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History

Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 496, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.

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